Harmon raised more money than 121 years of her Oregon Humane Society predecessors––and did much more with it PORTLAND, Oregon––More than 250 people on April 24, 2025 crowded into the Governor Ballroom at the 116-year-old Sentinel Hotel in downtown Portland, Oregon to sing the praises of Sharon Harmon, 66, retiring after 36 years at the […]
Shelters make mega-payouts to pit bull victims: what will change?
Two seven-figure settlements in five days might make “socially responsible sheltering the new norm––if the idea isn’t corrupted LOS ANGELES, California; FORT WALTON BEACH, Florida––Representatives of pit bull attack victims twice in five days in early September 2019 announced apparent record-setting damage awards from animal care and control agencies for alleged negligence in allowing […]
“No-kill” debacle: will Pueblo bring “responsible sheltering” into vogue?
90% “live release” mandate failed catastrophically in less than 90 days PUEBLO, Colorado––“You can’t manage an animal shelter to a number,” Humane Society of the Pikes Peak Region president Jan McHugh-Smith told Pueblo Chieftan reporter Anthony A. Mestas, hours after her organization returned to running the Pueblo Animal Services shelter on April 9, 2019, […]